🐋 Sperm whale report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the sperm whale page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the sperm whale
Physeter macrocephalus · Grades 1–2
| Length | 40 to 52 ft (12 to 16 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 15 to 45 tons (14 to 41 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 60 years |
Read about it
The sperm whale has a huge, box-shaped head. It is the biggest whale with teeth. It dives deep down into the dark sea to find squid.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- NOAA Fisheries, fisheries.noaa.gov/species/sperm-whale, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the sperm whale
Physeter macrocephalus · Grades 3–4
| Length | 40 to 52 ft (12 to 16 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 15 to 45 tons (14 to 41 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 60 years |
Read about it
A sperm whale dives into the dark, deep sea and can stay under for a long time, because its body stores extra oxygen in its muscles. In the dark it finds squid by making loud clicks and listening for the echoes. Its blowhole is on the front left of its head, so its spout angles forward and to the left.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- NOAA Fisheries, fisheries.noaa.gov/species/sperm-whale, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the sperm whale
Physeter macrocephalus · Grades 5–6
| Length | 40 to 52 ft (12 to 16 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 15 to 45 tons (14 to 41 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 60 years |
Read about it
Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales, with teeth only in the lower jaw, and their brain is the biggest of any animal. Mothers, aunts and calves live in close family groups, while older males often travel alone in colder waters. Each family has its own pattern of clicks, like a family dialect. Whalers once hunted sperm whales for their oil, and they became rare; today they are protected, and scientists use underwater microphones to listen to them.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- NOAA Fisheries, fisheries.noaa.gov/species/sperm-whale, checked 2026-10-30